Journal articles: 'Marital importance'

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Bokek-Cohen, Ya'Arit. "Marital Power Revisited: The Importance of Distinguishing between “Objective” and “Subjective” Marital Power." Sociological Focus 44, no. 2 (May 1, 2011): 149–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2011.10571392.

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DEAL, JAMES E., KAREN SMITH WAMPLER, and CHARLES F. HALVERSON. "The Importance of Similarity in the Marital Relationship." Family Process 31, no. 4 (December 1992): 369–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1992.00369.x.

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Moorman, Sara M. "The importance of feeling understood in marital conversations about end-of-life health care." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 28, no. 1 (November 22, 2010): 100–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407510386137.

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This study investigates processes within marital discussions about end-of-life medical treatment preferences. The associations among marital quality, the perception of having been understood following discussion, and intentions for whom to appoint as a health care surrogate are addressed. Data from 2,969 white married couples in their mid-60s are analyzed. Four-fifths of primary respondents reported that their partners understood their preferences extremely well. Primary respondents’ perceptions of high marital quality were associated with feeling extremely well understood. In turn, feeling understood partially mediated the relationship between perceptions of marital quality and the intention to appoint the partner as durable power of attorney for health care (DPAHC). Implications for research on marital communication and quality end-of-life health care are discussed.

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Melby, Janet N., Xiaojia Ge, Rand D. Conger, and Teddy D. Warner. "The Importance of Task in Evaluating Positive Marital Interactions." Journal of Marriage and the Family 57, no. 4 (November 1995): 981. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/353417.

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Willoughby, Brian J., Jason S. Carroll, Jennifer M. Vitas, and Lauren M. Hill. "“When Are You Getting Married?” The Intergenerational Transmission of Attitudes Regarding Marital Timing and Marital Importance." Journal of Family Issues 33, no. 2 (May 15, 2011): 223–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x11408695.

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Micanovic-Cvejic, Zivka, and Ruzenka Simonji-Cernak. "The challenges of marital life: Factors of marital life decline." Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, no. 177 (2021): 109–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zmsdn2177109m.

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A human is a social being, who wants to achieve relations with other people. The most common form of close emotional relationships in adulthood is marriage. A married relationship can be implied in various ways and, although marriage lasts as a constant form of emotional attachment, contemporary marriage is in crisis. Actual social circumstances place various challenges before married life. In this work we have focused on some aspects which we recognized as potential factors of marriage destabilization. These include various empirical researches both in Serbia and abroad: the role of age in marriage, cohabitation, importance of primary family, children, economic stress, mechanisms of coping with stress, affective attachments between partners, solving conflicts, communication competence, distribution of house chores. Those are the factors that experts face in counseling and therapy works, solving marriage crisis. We see the quality of a married relationship as a multidimensional phenomena consisting of marriage satisfaction, marriage stability, marriage cohesion, marriage compliance. In this paper, we tried to show the complexity of marriage relationships in a nutshell and present the current research directions in this area of psychology.

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Whisman, Mark A., Lisa A. Uebelacker, and Lauren M. Weinstock. "Psychopathology and Marital Satisfaction: The Importance of Evaluating Both Partners." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 72, no. 5 (October 2004): 830–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-006x.72.5.830.

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Otero, Marcela C., Casey L. Brown, and Robert W. Levenson. "408 - PREDICTING CAREGIVER HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION: THE IMPORTANCE OF DEMENTIA PATIENT SOCIOEMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING." International Psychogeriatrics 32, S1 (October 2020): 126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610220002616.

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Dementia caregiving is associated with a variety of negative outcomes including poor caregiver mental and physical health and low relationship satisfaction. Prior research has linked these negative caregiver outcomes to patients’ cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. However, few studies have examined the link between patients’ socioemotional functioning and caregiver outcomes. We examined how patients’ socioemotional functioning was related to caregiver marital satisfaction, physical health, and psychopathology in a sample of 103 caregivers of dementia patients (with a wide range of diagnoses). Measures included: (a) patient socioemotional functioning (Caregiver Assessment of Socioemotional Functioning), (b) patient cognitive functioning (Mini-Mental State Exam), (c) patient psychiatric symptomatology (Neuropsychiatric Inventory), (d) caregiver marital satisfaction (Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test), (e) caregiver physical health (Medical Outcomes Study Health Survey), and (f) caregiver psychopathology (Symptom Checklist-90 -Revised). Results indicated that poor patient socioemotional functioning predicted lower levels of caregiver marital satisfaction (beta= −.45, p < .001) and physical health (beta= −.25, p < .05), and greater caregiver psychopathology (beta= .41, p < .001), above and beyond patient cognitive functioning and psychiatric symptoms. These findings suggest that low levels of socioemotional functioning in patients make important and unique contributions to negative caregiver outcomes.

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Ávila Santibáñez, Raúl, Patricia Miranda Hernández, and Andrea Juárez Segura. "Contribution of number of children to marital-satisfaction magnitude." International Journal of Psychological Research 2, no. 1 (June 30, 2009): 35–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.21500/20112084.876.

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The magnitude-estimation method from the social psychophysics was used to study the relative importance that men and women, with different number of children, assigned to 63 marital activities. The results were adjusted with a power function from which the exponent describes the rate of relative importance assigned to the activities. For men, the exponent was progressively lower as the number of children increased. For women, the exponent remained more or less at the same level regardless of the number of children. An analysis by marital-interaction areas corroborated the changes in the global exponents previously described. The importance of social psychophysics to analyze phenomena such as marital satisfaction is discussed.

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Keneski, Elizabeth, Lisa A. Neff, and Timothy J. Loving. "The Importance of a Few Good Friends: Perceived Network Support Moderates the Association Between Daily Marital Conflict and Diurnal Cortisol." Social Psychological and Personality Science 9, no. 8 (September 14, 2017): 962–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550617731499.

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This study examined whether the extent to which spouses feel they have available and satisfying support outside their marriage buffers spouses from the potential negative physiological effects of conflict inside their marriage. Newlywed couples ( N = 214 spouses) reported occurrences of marital conflict in a daily diary and concurrently provided morning and evening saliva samples for the calculation of daily diurnal cortisol slopes. Extending prior work demonstrating links between marital conflict and acute cortisol responses in laboratory settings, results revealed that spouses exhibited flatter (i.e., less healthy) diurnal cortisol slopes on days of greater marital conflict. Although the quantity of spouses’ support network connections was not associated with physiological responses to conflict, the quality of perceived network support attenuated the association between daily marital conflict and diurnal cortisol slopes. Thus, maintaining a satisfying network of social connections outside a marriage may protect spouses’ well-being during periods of marital difficulty.

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Kreitman, Norman. "Suicide, age and marital status." Psychological Medicine 18, no. 1 (February 1988): 121–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700001951.

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SynopsisA new data set concerning suicide in relation to marital status for Scotland, 1973–83, is presented. The effects of age-standardization on marital status rates and of marital status standardization on age-specific rates are both elucidated. The difficulties of drawing conclusions from marital status rates for suicide are outlined. Nevertheless, the data suggest that the importance of the widowed state has been underestimated and that it appears that the relative risk for suicide associated with divorce has probably been decreasing among Scottish men over the study period.

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Zhou, Nan, and Cheryl Buehler. "Marital Hostility and Early Adolescents’ Adjustment: The Role of Cooperative Marital Conflict." Journal of Early Adolescence 39, no. 1 (August 19, 2017): 5–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431617725193.

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Although the assertion that marital hostility relates to higher levels of youth adjustment difficulties has been well established, few studies have examined cooperative marital conflict in relation to youth behavior problems. This study examined the main and moderating effects of cooperative marital conflict on youth behavior problems in a sample of 416 two-parent families. Gender differences also were examined. Youth were in the sixth grade (51% females), and ranged in age from 11 to 14 ([Formula: see text] = 11.86, SD = .69). Cooperative marital conflict was associated with lower levels of youth internalizing problems. Cooperative marital conflict was related to daughters’ but not sons’ lower levels of externalizing problems. Cooperative marital conflict also served as a protective factor in the association between marital hostility and youth internalizing problems. These findings highlight the importance of examining cooperative marital conflict above and beyond marital hostility to better understand youth development during early adolescence.

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Rhoden, Lyn. "Relations between Marital Processes and Outcomes in the Marriages of Nontraditional and Traditional Women." Psychological Reports 92, no. 3 (June 2003): 915–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2003.92.3.915.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the importance of the marital processes of cohesion, flexibility, and communication to marital quality and marital stability in the marriages of nontraditional and traditional women. Selected longitudinal data from the 1992 Marital Stability Over the Life Span Data Set were used. A subsample of 74 married women who were defined as nontraditional and a comparison group of 274 traditional women were selected according to their occupational status and gender-role orientation. Comparisons indicated that some marital processes, including higher emotional bonding, spousal interaction, negotiation, and positive communication patterns, were significantly related to marital outcomes for nontraditional women.

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Cardoso, Bruno Luiz Avelino, and Nazaré Costa. "Marital Social Skills and Marital Satisfaction of Women in Situations of Violence." Psico-USF 24, no. 2 (April 2019): 299–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-82712019240207.

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Abstract Marital Social Skills (MSS) are related to Marital Satisfaction (MS). However, abusive relationships present a deficit in the use of health strategies for conflict management and damages to those involved. This study evaluated in 23 women, with an average age of 35 years, in situations of intimate partner violence, the MSS, MS and the forms of violence suffered. For this, it used the MSS Inventory, MS Scale and a Violence Questionnaire. The results showed a predominance of psychological violence, a high level of marital dissatisfaction and a deficient repertoire of MSS. Negative correlation was identified between MSS, Proactive Self-Control and Marital Dissatisfaction; positive correlation between Assertive Conversation and Marital Dissatisfaction (and Marital Interaction) and negative correlation between Self-Assertiveness, Proactive Self-Control and situations of violence. Thus, the importance of specific MSS training for this population and the understanding of the nature of assertive responses in the sociocultural context is noted.

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Ahmad, Meraj Ahmad. "THE IMPORTANCE OF MARRIAGE IN ISLAM." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 6, no. 11 (November 30, 2018): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v6.i11.2018.1082.

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The foundation of the family in Islam is blood ties or marital commitments. Islam builds the family on solid grounds that are capable of providing reasonable continuity, true security and mature intimacy. Marriage is a part of life, family as well society. The universality of marriage in different societies and cultures is attributed to the many basic social and personal functions. From Islamic point of view, marriage is a religious duty, a moral safeguard and a social commitment. Islam views it as a strong bond terming by Mithaqun Ghaleez that means a challenging commitment. It is a commitment to the dignified meaning full survival of the human race. Islam regards marriages the first and foremost righteous act and an act of responsible devotion. Islam recognized the religious virtue, the social necessity and the moral advantages of marriage. Islam considers marriage a very serious commitment; it has prescribed certain measures to make the marital bond as permanent as humanly possible. Marriage in Islam is neither a sacrament nor a simple civil contract; rather marriage in Islam is a something unique with very special features of both sacramental and contractual nature. The aim of his paper is to discuss of marriage institution in Islamic framework and its roles and significance in current global human society. The paper also tries to present a solution to the problems of family issues in the light of Quran and Sunnah.

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Coyne, James C., Michael J. Rohrbaugh, Varda Shoham, John S. Sonnega, John M. Nicklas, and James A. Cranford. "Prognostic importance of marital quality for survival of congestive heart failure." American Journal of Cardiology 88, no. 5 (September 2001): 526–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9149(01)01731-3.

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Sauvé, Marie-Soleil, Katherine Péloquin, and Audrey Brassard. "Moving forward together, stronger, and closer: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of marital benefits in infertile couples." Journal of Health Psychology 25, no. 10-11 (March 21, 2018): 1532–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105318764283.

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Some couples find in infertility the bonding opportunities that reinforce their relationship. Using an interpretative phenomenological analysis, this study examined marital benefits in three couples seeking fertility treatment. Interviews revealed five types of benefits: being engaged in a shared hardship, feeling closer to one another, feeling reassured in the relationship, developing a satisfying communication and support behaviors, and having faith in the couple’s capacity to face adversity. A dyadic analysis also illustrated how marital benefits developed in each couple. Marital benefits nourished marital satisfaction, thus underscoring their importance to help couples cope through fertility treatment.

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Gager, Constance T., and Laura Sanchez. "Two as One?" Journal of Family Issues 24, no. 1 (January 2003): 21–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x02238519.

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This article employs event-history analysis of couple-level data from two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households to examine the effects of spouses’ perceptions of shared time and marital quality and stability on subsequent odds of marital dissolution. Of central importance in the analysis is the role that gender plays, because empirical evidence documents significant gender variation in spouses’ expectations, perceptions, and experience of marriage. When husbands provide the more negative evaluations of marital quality, the couple are more likely to dissolve their marriage; but when more concrete, proximate measures of marital stability are considered, wives’ more negative reports are better predictors of subsequent divorce. The analysis provides a contribution to divorce research by modeling the effects of couple-level, social-psychological dynamics and by highlighting the importance of recognizing the multiple, often conflicting realities of the emotional content of marriage.

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Kelly, Adrian B., and W. Kim Halford. "The Generalisation of Cognitive Behavioural Marital Therapy in Behavioural, Cognitive and Physiological Domains." Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 23, no. 4 (October 1995): 381–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1352465800016490.

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The limited effectiveness of cognitive behavioural marital therapy (CBMT) for some couples may be due to a failure to achieve generalized changes in behavioural, cognitive or physiological responses during marital interaction. In the present study an intra-subject replication design across five maritally distressed couples assessed changes associated with CMBT in behaviour, cognitions, and physiological arousal during marital communication. These response domains were assessed weekly in both clinic and home settings. Introduction of CBMT was associated with clear reductions in behavioural negativity in both settings for all couples, some variable cognitive changes across couples and settings, but no consistent change in physiological arousal across couples or settings. Physiological responding was asynchronous with behaviour and cognition. Further research is needed on the significance of physiological arousal in marital distress, and the importance of changes in physiological responding during marital interaction to marital therapy outcome.

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Wilson, Stephanie J., Lynn M. Martire, and Ruixue Zhaoyang. "Couples’ day-to-day pain concordance and marital interaction quality." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 36, no. 3 (January 21, 2018): 1023–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407517752541.

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Chronic pain is a common stressor in couples’ daily lives, but little is known about couples’ day-to-day pain concordance (i.e., agreement regarding one partner’s level of pain) and its relevance to both partners’ daily marital interaction quality. Using 22-day diaries of patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and their spouses, the current study sought to quantify the degree of daily fluctuation in both partners’ reports of patient pain, pain concordance, and marital interaction quality as well as assess the links between daily concordance and marital tension and enjoyment. Half of the variability in patient–spouse pain concordance and marital interaction quality was attributable to daily fluctuations in these experiences. Furthermore, after accounting for global marital satisfaction, on days when spouses overestimated pain, patients enjoyed marital interactions more, whereas spouses themselves experienced greater tension. Findings underscore the importance of examining pain concordance at the daily level, pain agreement’s significance for everyday marital function, and the potential challenge chronic illness poses for partners in daily life.

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Son, Seonghui, Deuksung Kim, and Yoona Kwon. "The Effect of Solution-Focused Thinking on Marital Satisfaction of Mothers with Infants Mediated by Father Involvement in Childcare and Marital Conflict." Family and Environment Research 59, no. 1 (February 19, 2021): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.6115/fer.2021.001.

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This study investigated the impact of solution-focused thinking on marital satisfaction via mediating roles of father involvement in childcare and marital conflict. A questionnaire survey was conducted among mothers with infants, living in Busan, Daegu and Yangsan, South Korea. Data from 264 mothers were analyzed using several multiple regression analyses and bootstrapping method with SPSS 25.0 and PROCESS macro (model 6) to test the serial double mediation model. The results of this study are as follows. First, mothers’ solution-focused thinking had a significant direct and indirect positive influence on marital satisfaction through both father involvement in childcare and marital conflict. Second, the sequential mediating effects of father involvement in childcare and marital conflict were statistically significant in the relationship between solution-focused thinking and marital satisfaction. The model accounted for 60% of the variance in mothers’ marital satisfaction. The results highlight the importance of solution-focused thinking that can enhance the marital satisfaction of mothers with infants and act as a resource for increasing father involvement in childcare and decreasing marital conflict. Based on the results, it is necessary to include solution-focused thinking, father involvement in childcare, and marital conflict as key elements in the intervention to improve marital satisfaction of mothers with infants.

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Hwang, Woosang, Joonsik Yoon, Merril Silverstein, and Maria T. Brown. "Husband–Wife Religious Discordance, Marital Satisfaction, and Risk of Marital Dissolution in Two Generations." Journal of Family Issues 40, no. 9 (March 12, 2019): 1201–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x19835871.

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We examined whether three types of husband–wife religious discordance (denomination, intensity, and attendance) were associated with the risk of marital dissolution over three decades. Using multigroup path analysis, we tested the mediating and moderating roles of husbands’ and wives’ marital satisfaction in the above associations in two generations. Using the Longitudinal Study of Generations data, we selected 193 second-generation married couples and 173 third-generation married couples. Results showed that denomination discordance was positively associated with marital dissolution in both generations, but discordance in religious attendance and intensity had no such association. Moderation was found with respect to wives’ marital satisfaction which reduced the risk of marital dissolution more in couples of different denominations compared with couples of the same denomination. Mediating effects were not found with respect to marital satisfaction. Implications are discussed in terms of the continued importance of religious identity to the long-term stability of marriages.

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Kolpashnikova, Kamila, Muzhi Zhou, and Man-Yee Kan. "Country differences in the link between gender-role attitudes and marital centrality: Evidence from 24 countries." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 61, no. 5 (October 2020): 291–309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020715220985922.

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This study investigates factors that could explain why the association between the egalitarian gender-role attitudes and the attitudes toward the importance of marriage (marital centrality) differs across societies. Using data from the International Social Survey Programme for 24 countries in 2002 and 2012 and multilevel modeling, we explore whether the Gender Revolution and the Second Demographic Transition frameworks could explain the country-level differences in the association between gender-role attitudes and marital centrality. We find that the negative association between the egalitarian gender-role attitudes and marital centrality is stronger in countries with a higher gender equality level and a higher fertility level. This work highlights the importance of considering the progress of the gender revolution and the second demographic transition to understand the relationship between gender equality and family formation.

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Deretic, Natasa. "The importance of Justinian's codification work in the field of marital relations." Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta, Novi Sad 45, no. 1 (2011): 327–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/zrpfns1101327d.

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Anson, Ofra. "Marital Status and Women's Health Revisited: The Importance of a Proximate Adult." Journal of Marriage and the Family 51, no. 1 (February 1989): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/352379.

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Dermer, Shannon, and Molli Bachenberg. "The Importance of Training Marital, Couple, and Family Therapists in Sexual Health." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy 36, no. 4 (December 2015): 492–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anzf.1122.

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Dainton, Marianne. "Everyday interaction in marital relationships: Variations in relative importance and event duration." Communication Reports 11, no. 2 (June 1998): 101–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08934219809367692.

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Anderson, Siwan, and Chris Bidner. "Property Rights over Marital Transfers *." Quarterly Journal of Economics 130, no. 3 (May 26, 2015): 1421–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjv014.

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Abstract In developing countries, the extent to which women possess property rights is shaped in large part by transfers received at the time of marriage. Focusing on dowry, we develop a simple model of the marriage market with intrahousehold bargaining to understand the incentives for brides’ parents to allocate the rights over the dowry between their daughter and her groom. In doing so, we clarify and formalize the “dual role” of dowry—as a premortem bequest and as a market clearing price—identified in the literature. We use the model to shed light on the intriguing observation that in contrast to other rights, women’s rights over the dowry tend to deteriorate with development. We show how marriage payments are utilized even when they are inefficient, and how the marriage market mitigates changes in other dimensions of women’s rights even to the point where women are worse off following a strengthening of such rights. We also generate predictions for when marital transfers will disappear and highlight the importance of female human capital for the welfare of women.

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Davey, Adam, and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz. "Dimensions of Marital Quality and Retirement." Journal of Family Issues 25, no. 4 (May 2004): 431–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x03257698.

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This study examines whether the meaning of marital conflict and marital solidarity are affected by the transition to retirement, whether the retirement transition alters stability and variability of, and cross-spouse influences on, marital quality, and whether retirement influences latent means of marital quality. Data from both waves of the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) addressed these questions ( N= 407 couples for wives’ retirement, and N= 550 couples for husbands’ retirement). Results suggest that the structure of marital conflict is unaffected by husbands’and wives’transition to retirement, but that wives’ continued employment may be associated with greater conflict longitudinally. Husbands’ and wives’ constructs of marital solidarity differ from one another; they were unaffected by wives’ retirement but converged with husbands’ retirement through changes for each partner in the importance of joint time together and potential for divorce. Effects of the retirement transition are far subtler than previously believed.

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Bulanda, Jennifer, Taka Yamashita, and J. Scott Brown. "Dyadic Patterns of Marital Quality During Later Life." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1106.

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Abstract Although earlier cross-sectional studies suggested a U-shaped curve in marital quality over the life course, recent longitudinal studies find stability or continual decline (Proulx, Ermer, & Kanter, 2017). It is important to better understand patterns of marital quality during later life, as marital quality is associated with older adults’ marital stability, health, and longevity. However, few studies have utilized couple-level data to examine marital quality trajectories, and only one has examined dyadic patterns during later life (Wickrama et al., 2020). We use nationally-representative data from the 2006-2016 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine positive and negative dimensions of marital quality among a sample of continuously-married couples over age 50 in which both partners provided data on marital quality at three time points (n = 1,389 couples). A survey-weighted latent growth curve model simultaneously examines two marital quality trajectories: own and spouse’s. Preliminary results show that mean baseline positive and negative marital quality are similar for own and spouse’s trajectories. Although growth rates are statistically non-significant for positive marital quality, the variance of growth rate is statistically significant for spouse’s trajectory (0.001, p < 0.05), and greater baseline own positive marital quality is associated with negative growth of spouse’s positive marital quality. Growth rates are similar for own and spouse’s trajectories of negative marital quality, and variance of growth rate is statistically significant for spouse’s negative marital quality trajectory. Results point to stability in marital quality over time, and suggest the importance of using couple-level data.

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Dragisic-Labas, Sladjana. "Application of dyadic adjustment scale in the systemic family therapy for alcoholism." Sociologija 50, no. 3 (2008): 293–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc0803293d.

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Conceptions about marriage with alcoholic relations (based on empirical and clinical research by domestic and foreign authors) are presented in the introductory part of the paper, followed by evaluations of marital (family) therapies and conclusions about its importance in treating alcoholism. The study has included 200 marital couples (husband-alcoholic) on therapy in three psychiatric institutions from Belgrade. Dyadic Adjustment Scale test has been applied, measuring (in three time points - on the beginning, in six months, and after one year of therapy) marital couple cohesion, satisfaction (with marital relations), emotional expression and consensus. The results show the existence of firm alcoholic marital system at the beginning of the treatment, with low consensus and high satisfaction, which has been deconstructing and changing over time and forming more functional (healthier) marital relationship. Couples (17) that self-excluded from the therapy in first two months have been compared with the sample of couples, which successfully completed the treatment. Differences (lower score on DAS) have been noted from the beginning - weaker marital dyad, in comparison to couples that completed the treatment. The results showed that system family (marital) therapy had influenced significant changes in marital relations - higher consensus, stronger emotional expression and cohesion, as well as satisfaction with non-alcoholic marital relations during one-year treatment.

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Villa, Miriam Bratfisch, and Zilda Aparecida Pereira Del Prette. "Marital Satisfaction: The Role of Social Skills of Husbands and Wives." Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 23, no. 56 (September 2013): 379–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272356201312.

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Among the multiple determinants of marital satisfaction, evidence points to the social skills of married couples. This study investigates the correlations between these constructs, cross-correlating data from husband and wives. A total of 406 married individuals, 188 men and 218 women, completed the Marital Satisfaction Scale, Social Skills Inventory (SSI-Del-Prette) and Marital Social Skills Inventory (MSSI-Villa&Del-Prette). The results revealed a significant correlation among the scores of the three instruments, confirming the relationship between marital satisfaction and the social skills of married couples. In the cross-correlations, three classes of marital social skills (proactive self-control, reactive self-control and expressiveness/empathy) were more strongly correlated to husbands’ marital satisfaction, and husbands’ three social skills (assertive conversation, self-assertiveness and expressiveness/empathy) were correlated with wives’ marital satisfaction. Gender differences concerning the importance of one spouse’s social skills leading to the other spouse’s satisfaction are stressed as an item to be used in detailed diagnostics and effective interventions with couples. Some issues for future research are also discussed.

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Bedair, Khaled, Eid Abo Hamza, and Samuel T. Gladding. "Attachment Style, Marital Satisfaction, and Mutual Support Attachment Style in Qatar." Family Journal 28, no. 3 (July 2020): 329–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480720934377.

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This study assessed, for the first time, the relationship between security attachment and marital satisfaction in an Arab country, Qatar. Accordingly, we used the marital satisfaction assessment, the Experiences in Close Relationships Revised attachment style questionnaire, and the Goldsmith Support Measure. Using a path analysis model, the results showed that secured attachment style positively influenced marital satisfaction but did not positively influence mutual support in a relationship. Unsecure attachment styles negatively influenced the level of mutual support and marital satisfaction. Importantly, the findings revealed a gender effect, with females receiving less mutual support from their male partners, than vice versa. We discuss the importance of these results in the context of Arab culture and gender differences.

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Willoughby, Brian J., Spencer James, Ian Marsee, Madison Memmott, and Renée Peltz Dennison. "“I’m Scared because Divorce Sucks”: Parental Divorce and the Marital Paradigms of Emerging Adults." Journal of Family Issues 41, no. 6 (October 14, 2019): 711–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x19880933.

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Previous studies have suggested that parental divorce influences the relational beliefs and orientation toward marriage of adolescents and emerging adults. Most of this previous work has been limited to links between parental divorce and global attitudes toward marriage or attitudes toward divorce. Using a mixed-method design, the current study explored links between parental divorce and various aspects of emerging adults’ marital paradigms using cross-sectional, longitudinal, and qualitative data among a sample of unmarried emerging adults. Quantitative results suggested that parental divorce was linked to a variety of negative marital beliefs including less overall marital importance, less marital permanence, and less marital centrality. There was no evidence of longitudinal changes in these associations over time. Qualitative results among emerging adults with divorced parents revealed several key themes in how emerging adults viewed the impact of parental divorce, suggesting implications for perceived interpersonal competence and the internalization of negative marital beliefs stemming from parental role modeling.

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Spotts, Erica L., Paul Lichtenstein, Nancy Pedersen, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, Kjell Hansson, Marianne Cederblad, and David Reiss. "Personality and marital satisfaction: a behavioural genetic analysis." European Journal of Personality 19, no. 3 (April 2005): 205–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.545.

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Previous research has found that genetic and nonshared environmental factors influence marital quality (Spotts et al., 2004). The current study explored personality as a source for these genetic and environmental individual differences. A sample of 752 Swedish twin women and their spouses were used. Genetic and environmental influences were found for self‐report measures of marital quality, but only environmental factors contributed to the variance of observational measures of marital quality. Wives' personality characteristics accounted for genetic and nonshared environmental variance in the wives' own marital satisfaction, their husbands' marital satisfaction, and the agreement between the spouses on the quality of their marriage. Genetic influences on the correlation between wives' genetically influenced personality characteristics and their husbands' marital satisfaction indicate a gene–environment correlation. Contrary to expectations, husbands' personality did not explain large portions of wives' marital satisfaction beyond that explained by wives' personality. This study emphasizes the importance of spousal personality to the well‐being of marriages, and results are discussed within the context of three different theories regarding associations between personality and marital quality. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Li, Liman-Man-Wai, and Da Jiang. "The Magnifying Effect of Marital Satisfaction on the Dyadic Effect of Disabilities on Life Satisfaction." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 10 (May 18, 2021): 5352. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105352.

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(1) Background. Extending previous work, the present study examined whether marital satisfaction would magnify the dyadic effect of disabilities on life satisfaction among older married couples. (2) Methods. With responses collected from 11,694 participants (5847 couples; Mage = 63.36 years, median: 62 years) in a large-scale survey study in China in 2015, the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) analyses were conducted to examine how marital satisfaction moderated the actor and partner effects of disabilities on life satisfaction. In addition, mixed linear model analyses were conducted to examine the gender effect. (3) Results. The results showed that marital satisfaction magnified the negative association between disabilities and life satisfaction with different patterns for each gender. Specifically, husbands’ disabilities significantly negatively predicted their own levels of life satisfaction among those with higher marital satisfaction but not among those with lower marital satisfaction. In contrast, for wives, spousal disabilities significantly predicted lower levels of life satisfaction among those with higher marital satisfaction but not among those with lower marital satisfaction. (4) Conclusions. The evidence for the magnifying effect of marital satisfaction obtained in the present study implicates the importance of taking dyadic dynamics in close relationships into account in health care research.

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Scheeren, Patrícia, Rebeca Veras de Andrade Vieira, Viviane Ribeiro Goulart, and Adriana Wagner. "Marital Quality and Attachment: The Mediator Role of Conflict Resolution Styles." Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 24, no. 58 (May 2014): 177–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272458201405.

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Certain variables can act as mediators between marital quality, social and emotional aspects of the individuals and their context. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of conflict resolution styles as mediators between attachment styles and marital quality. A total of 214 couples participated in the present study aged between 18 and 75 years, residents in Southern Brazil. Three scales were administered: The Conflict Resolution Style Inventory, Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital State and Adult Attachment Scale. Results indicate that the styles of conflict resolution (positive problem solving, conflict engagement, withdrawal and compliance) mediate the relationship between attachment and marital quality. A difference between husbands and wives was observed. These findings suggest the importance of expanding the repertoire of positive strategies of conflict resolution of the couples for the promotion of marital quality.

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Dobrowolska, Małgorzata, Agata Groyecka-Bernard, Piotr Sorokowski, Ashley K. Randall, Peter Hilpert, Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Ahmad M. Alghraibeh, et al. "Global Perspective on Marital Satisfaction." Sustainability 12, no. 21 (October 23, 2020): 8817. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12218817.

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Across the world, millions of couples get married each year. One of the strongest predictors of whether partners will remain in their relationship is their reported satisfaction. Marital satisfaction is commonly found to be a key predictor of both individual and relational well-being. Despite its importance in predicting relationship longevity, there are relatively few empirical research studies examining predictors of marital satisfaction outside of a Western context. To address this gap in the literature and complete the existing knowledge about global predictors of marital satisfaction, we used an open-access database of self-reported assessments of self-reported marital satisfaction with data from 7178 participants representing 33 different countries. The results showed that sex, age, religiosity, economic status, education, and cultural values were related, to various extents, to marital satisfaction across cultures. However, marriage duration, number of children, and gross domestic product (GDP) were not found to be predictors of marital satisfaction for countries represented in this sample. While 96% of the variance of marital satisfaction was attributed to individual factors, only 4% was associated with countries. Together, the results show that individual differences have a larger influence on marital satisfaction compared to the country of origin. Findings are discussed in terms of the advantages of conducting studies on large cross-cultural samples.

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Madathil, Jayamala, and James M. Benshoff. "Importance of Marital Characteristics and Marital Satisfaction: A Comparison of Asian Indians in Arranged Marriages and Americans in Marriages of Choice." Family Journal 16, no. 3 (April 17, 2008): 222–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480708317504.

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Pellegrini, Priscila Gasperin, Júlia Gonçalves, and Suzana da Rosa Tolfo. "Repercussions of workplace bullying on marital relationships." Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal 13, no. 1 (March 12, 2018): 98–120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qrom-10-2016-1431.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of workplace bullying on the marital relationship of three Brazilian couples. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a qualitative approach with multiple cases. Data were collected through individual semi-structured interviews with the victims, followed by interviews with each couple. Then, the information obtained was categorised and analysed according to the content analysis approach. Findings The findings indicate that the experience of workplace bullying by one of the spouses influenced their marital relationship, since there were periods of estrangement, conflicts, and changes in sexual behaviour, and subsequent reconciliation. At the same time, the marital relationship played a protective role against workplace bullying. Research limitations/implications This is an exploratory study which aims to understand the repercussions of workplace bullying on marital relationships, rather than draw conclusions about all bullied workers and their marital relationships. The identification and analysis of these repercussions may contribute to deepen the understanding of the importance of the victim’s significant other when facing bullying. Practical implications This research expands the perception of the consequences and influences of workplace bullying, which are not restricted to the victim. Furthermore, the detailed information demonstrates the importance of including multiple participants in the research, and additional tools to collect data. Originality/value By providing a deeper understanding of the impact of workplace bullying on the victims and their families, in particular on the marital relationship of these workers, the study shows that workplace bullying does not affect only those who are directly linked to the organisation.

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Tenkanen, Leena, and Lyly Teppo. "Migration, Marital Status and Smoking as Risk Determinants of Cancer." Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine 15, no. 2 (June 1987): 67–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/140349488701500203.

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To study the importance of migration to urban area, marital status and smoking as risk factors in cancer, a cohort of 4475 Finnish men was followed up for the occurrence of cancer during the period 1964–1980. Of particular interest was the interaction of migration or marital status with smoking. For cancers at all sites, not married urbanized smoking men had the greatest risk, followed by not married native urban smokers. This pattern was mainly due to high risk of cancers of the lung and larynx among the urbanized men, with a risk peak among urbanized not married smokers. The pattern persisted even when the amount smoked was allowed for. The importance in lung cancer epidemiology of vitamin A deficiency, occupation and psychosocial stress was discussed, and some support was found for the role of psychosocial stress in both the migration and the marital status factors.

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Garcia, Michael. "Daily Marital Strain and Sleep in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 605–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2045.

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Abstract Marital strain has consistently been linked to many indicators of daily health and well-being, including sleep. Prior studies show that, on days when marital strain is higher, women in different-sex couples experience poorer sleep outcomes. However, this work has not yet considered whether and how these relationships differ for men and women in same-sex couples. Using 10 days of dyadic diary data from 756 midlife U.S. men and women in 378 gay, lesbian, and heterosexual marriages, we examine the associations of daily marital strain with sleep quality and duration and consider whether these relationships differ across union type. Results suggest that increased marital strain is associated with poorer sleep quality and shorter sleep duration, but only for women married to men. These findings underscore the importance of including same-sex couples when exploring linkages between marital dynamics and health, especially when considering how gender impacts these processes.

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Leong, Mei San, and Rumaya Juhari. "Positive and Negative Interactions between Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law: What about Son-in-law?" Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) 6, no. 5 (May 10, 2021): 84–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v6i5.778.

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Mother-in-law (MIL) and daughter-in-law (DIL) relationship is frequently studied due to its turbulent nature. Conflict with mother-in-law also contributes to poorer marital satisfaction. However, few researchers have included son-in-law (SIL) in their studies and neglected how this relationship contributes to couples’ marital satisfaction. This study included son-in-law and investigated the relationships between couples’ positive and negative interactions with mother-in-law and their relationships with marital satisfaction. A total of 197 Malaysian Chinese dual-earners (110 males and 87 females) reported on the following scales: positive and negative interactions with mother-in-law, and marital satisfaction. Gender differences are compared between mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship and mother-in-law/son-in-law relationship. These variables were tested via four hypotheses, the relationship between positive interactions with mother-in-law and marital satisfaction, the relationship between negative interactions with mother-in-law and marital satisfaction, and gender differences in the associations tested. Gender differences were found in negative interactions with mothers-in-law and their associations with marital satisfaction. The results were discussed in regards to the importance of the inclusion of son-in-law in examining in-law relationships and marital satisfaction.

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Noller, Patricia, and Diane Guthrie. "Assessment and Modification of Marital Communication." Behaviour Change 6, no. 3-4 (September 1989): 124–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0813483900007506.

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Our aim in this paper is to provide researchers and practitioners with a brief overview of current approaches to the assessment and treatment of dysfunctional communication in marriage. In our discussion of assessment, we examine four basic types of procedures: questionnaires, self-monitoring techniques, interviews and techniques involving the direct observation of interaction. We conclude that both insider (spouses' perceptions and interpretations gathered through self-report and self-monitoring) and outsider (direct observation of interaction) provide different but equally valid information about the relationship. Therapists and researchers are encouraged to use both types of information. Our discussion of therapeutic techniques includes the three major components of Behavioural Marital Therapy (BMT): Behaviour Exchange, Communication Training and Problem-Solving Training. We also focus on the importance of considering spouses' cognitions and emotional reactions, particularly those related to sex roles, when designing therapeutic approaches. Issues related to assessing the efficacy of therapy outcome are also discussed.

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Sandu Mihaela Luminita and Claudia Salceanu. "Psychosocial factors that influence marital couple duration." Technium Social Sciences Journal 5 (March 12, 2020): 151–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v5i1.243.

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Humanity’s history, with its biological, psychological, social, cultural, economic and political dimensions, belongs to the coexistence of man and woman, to the relationships between them and their children. In time, family has become one of the oldest community forms, which ensures the evolution and continuity of the human species. Family influences the most the human being. Many studies made by researchers in this field, have proved the importance of the family for people, emphasizing that family is a real laboratory for the development of a person. In contemporary society, family suffered a lot of important transformations, like female empowerment for example, which, in turn, has determined many other changes in the family life. Due to these changes, the marital couple is currently more interested in satisfying its own interests and minimizes the tasks that society assigns to the family. A sample of 30 married couples, residing in Constanta County, has been assessed with Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale, Kansas Marital Conflict Scale and Influence of the Material Situation on the Couple Questionnaire. The main objective of the research was to identify the relationship between these factors and the duration of the marital couple. We identified significant correlation between: (1) the couple’s duration and marital satisfaction; (2) the marital satisfaction and marital adjustment; (3) the level of the financial status and marital quarrels. Results are discussed in terms of marital counseling, the increase of marital satisfaction and the development of assistance for families in need.

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Yalcintas, Sumeyra, and Alison Pike. "Co-parenting and Marital Satisfaction Predict Maternal Internalizing Problems When Expecting a Second Child." Psychological Studies 66, no. 2 (June 2021): 212–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12646-021-00620-z.

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Abstract Purpose Internalizing problems during and after pregnancy are important for parenting and child outcomes. The study aimed to understand correlates (i.e., marital satisfaction, co-parenting) of maternal internalizing problems during pregnancy with a second child. Method We investigated levels of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms of mothers in the third trimester of pregnancy with their second children. Fifty-one mothers and their firstborn children were visited in their homes and mothers completed questionnaires. Results Results showed that co-parenting and marital satisfaction were related to internalizing outcomes. More specifically, co-parenting predicted depression and stress when controlling for marital satisfaction, whereas marital satisfaction predicted anxiety over co-parenting. Conclusion The findings highlight the importance of studying prenatal internalizing problems differentially and can inform future intervention studies to prevent poor psychological outcomes.

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Woodall, Kelly A., Sabrina M. Richardson, Jacqueline C. Pflieger, Stacy Ann Hawkins, and Valerie A. Stander. "Influence of Work and Life Stressors on Marital Quality among Dual and Nondual Military Couples." Journal of Family Issues 41, no. 11 (February 6, 2020): 2045–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x20903377.

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Maintaining a healthy marriage may be challenging for military couples as they attempt to balance the demands of work and family; for dual-military couples, this can be even more challenging. Using data from the Millennium Cohort Family Study, we examined whether military stress experiences negatively impact marital quality through the mediation of work–family conflict. Spouse gender and dual-military status were included as moderators. Spouses reported on marital quality, work–family conflict, military stress experiences, and personal military experience. Spouse and service member demographics were also included. Results demonstrated that experiencing more military stress experiences was related to lower marital quality, which was mediated by work–family conflict. Additionally, female dual spouses reported lower marital quality than male dual spouses and civilian spouses. Findings from this study highlight the importance of providing support to military spouses for stressful military events and potentially tailoring support services for female dual spouses to improve marital quality.

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Proulx, Christine, Hanamori Skoblow, and Sae Hwang Han. "Marital Quality and Mental Health Among Caregiving Dyads." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1943.

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Abstract We examined whether the associations between marital quality and mental health were equally strong among dyads in which one spouse was providing care to a spouse (n = 155), parent (n = 61), or another adult (n = 176). Using Wave 2 of the NSHAP and actor-partner interdependence (APIM) models, we found significant differences (p=.004) among groups. Marital quality was negatively associated with one’s own depressive symptoms (b=-1.29) for husbands in the spousal caregiver group, whereas marital quality was negatively associated with one’s own depressive symptoms for wives in both the parental (b=-1.27) and other adult (b=-1.96) caregiver groups. The only partner effect was the negative association between wives’ marital quality and husbands’ depressive symptoms (b=-2.59) among dyads in which one spouse was a parental caregiver. These results point to the importance of understanding the context of caregiving when examining the protective effect of spouses’ marital quality on mental health.

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Simon, Robin W. "Assessing Sex Differences in Vulnerability among Employed Parents: The Importance of Marital Status." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 39, no. 1 (March 1998): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2676388.

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Grundman, M., R. Ellis, J. M. Olichney, L. Snyder, D. Jeste, I. Grant, M. Klauber, and L. J. Thai. "353 Importance of clinical features and marital status on survival in Alzheimer's disease." Neurobiology of Aging 17, no. 4 (January 1996): S88—S89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0197-4580(96)80355-1.

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